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Boundless Outfitters Blog: Garmin Minimum Retail Price (MRP) Policy
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Monday, February 16, 2015. Garmin Minimum Retail Price (MRP) Policy. MRP Pricing - What It Means:. Within the last two years, Garmin instituted a Minimum Retail Price (MRP) policy that they apply to several products. The goal is to protect the retail pricing structure and preserve profit margins for dealers and installers. In sum, all dealers and installers are supposed to sell certain items at the exact same price. No discounts, free accessories, coupons or other gimmicks are permitted. If you are purch...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Basic Troubleshooting Guide for Watermakers. Your Watermaker is not making good product water anymore. What do you do? If your water maker (or desalinator) is no longer making good water, there are several possible causes. I will try to break it down into logical troubleshooting steps for you, so you don't spend a lot of money replacing parts or membranes hunting for the solution. First of all, every seawater desalinator needs the following in order to function:. Helpful, bu...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: Power Tools Off-Grid
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Monday, January 12, 2015. Corded or Cordless Tools - Which are Better for Cruising? One morning, after a couple weeks aboard "Unbound" I took on the project of mounting a GPS display near the helm. I needed to drill four holes. I grabbed my trusty cordless drill and . it was dead. I plugged it into the charger and turned on the inverter. Fifteen minutes later the inverter control panel was yelling at me (with yellow and red lights) that the batteries were too low! True off-grid life is different! Battery...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: Water - The Most Important Resource
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Monday, January 12, 2015. Water - The Most Important Resource. Water - The Most Important Resource. After spending many months aboard "Unbound," we had come up with a series of lists: Must-have; Nice-to-have; and Really-cool-to-have. Top on the Must-have list was water independence. This was a total BUMMER! Once we arrived in the US, a reverse osmosis (RO) watermaker, also known as a desalinator, became a top priority for continued cruising. We found that while there is no purely economic justificati...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: Basic Troubleshooting Guide for Watermakers
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Basic Troubleshooting Guide for Watermakers. Your Watermaker is not making good product water anymore. What do you do? If your water maker (or desalinator) is no longer making good water, there are several possible causes. I will try to break it down into logical troubleshooting steps for you, so you don't spend a lot of money replacing parts or membranes hunting for the solution. First of all, every seawater desalinator needs the following in order to function:. Helpful, bu...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: February 2015
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Monday, February 16, 2015. Garmin Minimum Retail Price (MRP) Policy. MRP Pricing - What It Means:. Within the last two years, Garmin instituted a Minimum Retail Price (MRP) policy that they apply to several products. The goal is to protect the retail pricing structure and preserve profit margins for dealers and installers. In sum, all dealers and installers are supposed to sell certain items at the exact same price. No discounts, free accessories, coupons or other gimmicks are permitted. If you are purch...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: Battery Bank Sizing for Your Inverter
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Monday, January 12, 2015. Battery Bank Sizing for Your Inverter. Battery Bank Sizing Notes. How to choose the ideal battery bank size for your inverter. The Battery Bank Sizing Guide from Xantrex. Is a very useful tool to determine the size of your inverter and battery bank. However, some additional information is always helpful. Here is what I have learned from personal experience:. Your inverter should be sized based on the total simultaneous load to be applied (including motor start loads). And depend...
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Boundless Outfitters Blog: January 2015
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Monday, January 12, 2015. Who Needs Compass Binoculars? Who Needs Binoculars with a Compass? How many people have passed the binoculars to another person, only to repeatedly say "No, not there - there"? We have all been there, done that. What a hassle! If you were passing binoculars with a built-in compass, you could tell the other person "Look to 243°," and they will see exactly what you saw. At sea is not the only place for compass binoculars. Ever go bird watching with friends? One morning, after a co...